Select the section you want to add questions to. Click +create a new question and, as with creating new sections, you can choose to import a pre-built question from an Eventotron template or a previous festival/season:
or start from scratch with custom:
Click import or create question.
A column will appear on the right hand side.
Question type (see summary of question types here) – choose from the dropdown list the type of field you want this to be. For this example we will use text as the question type.
Label – a short description of the question
Help text – short, helpful information that appears under the field to assist the user
Placeholder text – this appears in the field and can be used to further assist the user on how to answer the question. Can also be left blank.
Character Count – place a maximum limit on number of characters a user can input into the text field (Specific to the text question type) Can also be left blank.
Appears in print – highlight yes or no depending on whether you want the response to the question to appear in a printed brochure/programme (questions that you have selected to appear in print will have the book icon)
Appears online – highlight yes or no depending on whether you want the response to the question to appear in online listings (questions that you have selected to appear online will have the globe icon)
Advanced
Required – highlight yes if you want to make the question one that has to be answered before the user can move on to the next section and or complete the info collection process. Required questions have a red border.
Default – you can input a default response to the question here or leave it blank
Visibility – you can make the question visible to everyone or choose to hide it from users by selecting Admins only. By selecting Disabled for non-admins you allow everyone to see the question but only admins can change the response.
Notify – you can put an email address in here and that person will receive a notification whenever the question is responded to.
API Field name – this relates to when you use the Eventotron API to pull information from Eventotron to your website or apps. By inputting a sensible API field name that relates to the question you make all the data much easier to track. Your web developer will thank you for it. Please use only letters, numbers and underscores – no spaces or punctuation.
Display If
Here you can apply conditions to display the question based on previous answers given in the section. For example if you have a question like: Have you performed at this festival before? You can create a further question: If so, when? that is only displayed if the previous answer is Yes.
Click on Display If and choose the question from the dropdown list you want to make the current question a follow-up to. An Equals field will display – tick the response you want to display the current question:
Conditional questions are in italics.
Click save.
That’s it, you have created a question in a section.